Safety-razor.



PATENTED m2311907 P. J. HALBBKANN.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEU. 4. 1906.

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'martirev earner ifltiii' JOSEF HAIEKAN N OF SOLINGEN, GERMANY, SSTLGURTU "if lfllll Ul" WUiiFlLlt'iS c (10., 0F LANDWEHR, NEAR SOLNGEN, G

SAFETYUHAZQHQ,

Avplicatim led December 4,

Specification of .Lettere Patent.

To ruil, wlw/m, t may con/cern:

Be it known that l.7 FRANZ JOsEF llALn- KANN, a citizen ofthe Gerx'nanEmpire, residing at Solingen, in the Province of lhenish Prussia and.Kingdom of Prussia, (ii-e1? i n1 an y, have invented certain new andusefull linproven'ients in Safety-Razors, and l. .do hr-rreby declarethe following to be a fuit,` clear, and exact description of theinvention, auch as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the This` invention relates to a safety-razorhaving a thin steel-plate blade, for example, the poculiarit Y of saidrazor being that for the purpose ol clamping the blade in position it isprovided with a snap-piece which' in a manner similar to that in whichthe snappieceev are mounted on clasps for braces, is pivoted orrevolnblymounted on the lranie or plate serving 'for supporting the blade, and inits closed position presses resiliently against the blade, and therebyholds it 'irinly in posi tion.

This razor has the advantage that with eX- treme quickness the bladescan be inserted in' position on the razor, interchanged, and, in thecase ol d ouble-edged blades, reversed.

Une embodiment of razor according to the present invention' isillustrated by Way ol' example in the a ;co1npanying drawings, in Whichv Figure l is a plan of the saine, and Fig. 2 a central. section throughthe same when closed. Figs. `3 and 4 are a plan and central section,respectively, of the razor, with its snap-piece in its open position.

rthe razor consists ota frame or plate mounted at the. end of handle' 1,said platol serving to support the blade, wl'iic'h, lor example, may bea thin steel-plate blade S and may be single edged or double edged. l'heframe or plate )ossesses teeth 4 at its fr ont edge, which is the edgeused during shaving,

said teeth projecting in the ordin manner beyond the edge of the bladeand being chaini'ered under the edge itself. In order to prevent theblade, which is niade from thin steel piatei'rom being laterallydisplaced, 1t i j closed with its cutting edge a( teeth on the plate.

is provided with recessee 5 ,at its ends in 5o projections or turned-`in phici'i the snap-pieces are i'nounted on clasps for braces, thesnap-piece twingvldcd with perlorated inge t5, which been bent Adown outoi' the plane of' the anappiece and which engage with pivote Lf. prf-ivided suitably on the plate 2. The central' portion ll of theenap-piece,v which portion is bounded by inch-.dona it), serves as acloaing spring, and ie consequently bent eo l'ar downward and backwardover the aide ol rotation of the snap-piece that when the snap piece isclosed it'rcste (see Fife. i. and 2) under stress against the edge lllof the pitite, which edge is likewise extended beyond the pivote t).While tlie snap-picco iein this closed position its iront edge i3, whichenit ably is likewise bent down soi'newliat, pressen on the steel-plateblanc 3 and holds the bitterfirinly. When the snap-piece 7 ie opened,the resilient portion il, Whici'i i as a spring, slides oli.` the edge12 and occupies the position shown by Figs. .f and A What l claim myinvention, and deeire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A razor ,coniprising in combination aliandle, a plate 2 mounted atthe end olf the same and provided with teeth at ite iroi'it edge, asnap-piece 7 revohibly mounted proximity to the back edge 12 of :said'pieta and provided with a bent resilient portion if.

bounded byincisions l() and adapted 'when the snap-piece iscloscd toengage the bach edge ol' the plate, and a blade adapted to on said platounder said shan-piece when lijacent to the '2. A razor. coi'nprising in.combination same'and vprovided with. tooth ite i`ro^t edge, and withpivots Si at the bac-ii portion. of its ends, a enap-piece 'i .l anni;turned; down. perforated ings i engaging with son e. handle, a plate 2mounted at tbe end elx the pivots 9 and boing providml with a bont rel[n testimony whereof l Imm ,signed my Silient pnitim H iim1nd0 il -vincisions Wand l. nnnxi to this spm'ifi'cnion in Illu pi'wavnw ofadaptmi whvn thv snzxp-pinv" is closml t() sntwo snbsfiibing\\'itnu.\-svs. gage the back 'edgc of thc pleite, und n binde FRANZJOSEF IILBICKNN. adapted to lie on said plate under smid snap- Y\Vitnessus:

ieee 'when @losen with its cutting edge ad- M. ENGELS,

`ggp'gant to @he teeth on the pinta. ALFRED POULMEYER.

